Driving-line



(No M60161.) I

R. H. MULLEN.

DRIVING LINE. No. 340,517. Y Patented Apr. 20, 1886.

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UNITED STATES ATENT ROBER'I I-I. I\'IULLEN. OF CINCINNATI, OIIIO.

DRIVING LINE.

flPECITEICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 340,517, dated April 20, 1886.

Application tiled Februarylfi, 1886. Serial No. 192,022. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT I-I. MULLEN, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, ()hio, have i11- vent-ed a new and useful ImprovementinDriving-Reins,ot' which the following is a specitieation.

My invention is particularly designed as an improvement on those driving or check lines or reins for double harness, which consist of a single line composed of rope or cordage, which at its forward extremity branches into two bridle lines, also of cordage for respective attachment to the bits of the near and oii' horses or mules.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents, full size, the forward end of my single line. Fig. 2 shows the same portion of the single line having engaged within its double eyelet the piece of cordage. which, atter its ends have been provided with suitable snaps, constitutes the bridle Iines ot' the two horses ormulcs. Fig. 3 shows the same after attachment of the snaps and the drawing of the cord tightly into the e elet in such man ncr as to secure the desired discrepancy in length of the two branches. In this iigurethe double eyelet is represented by section.

A represents the trout part ot' a piece of cordage which constitutes the driving line or rein proper.

B is a metal double eyelet, which is, by means of its toothed and tubuiar shank or clip I, permanently attached to thefront extremity of the cord A. The said eyelet has two eyes or orifices, of which the eye 1/, nearest the shank, is circular and of diameter a little larger than that ofthe cord. is oblong, and has its verse of the shank.

The other eye,b, greatest length trans- Rove singly through the eye 1* and doubly n and in opposite directions through the eye I) is a piece of cordage. O, which, after having been thus rove, is tipped with snaps I) l), which may be secured to the cord by means of shanks d similar to the shank 1). branches c of the bridlecord O being drawn through and adjusted to the desired relative lengths and hauled tight within the eyelet, as shown in Fig. 3, retain the lengths thus given to them.

Should it be desired to readjustthe relative lengths of the branches, such readjustment is easily and quickly eit'ected after first slackening-of the cord 0 within the eyelet, as seen in For double-line driving it is merely neces sary to duplicate the line shown in Fig.

It is manifest that buckles or their equivalents may be substituted for the snap hooks.

The device is intended for farmers and teamsters use in place of the much more costly harness made of leather.

I claim as new and of my invention.

The driving-rein or check-line for double harness. comprising a single length of rope or eord having a clip secured thereto, as described, said clip being provided with a round and an oblongeye, one end of the rope or cord passed through the round eye, and both through the oblong one. and having at their 7(. free ends suitable fastenings, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

ROBERT II. MULLEN.

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